Opioid antidote Narcan saves dog's life

by WGME

The owner flagged down a police officer because she was fearful her dog, Addie, had overdosed on oxycodone. (York County Sheriff's Office)

LYMAN, Maine (WGME) – Narcan has become a necessary, at times controversial, tool in the fight against the country's opioid epidemic. But on Thursday, it wasn't a man, woman or child who needed the opioid antidote.

A Maine woman flagged down a police officer because she was fearful her dog, Addie, had overdosed on Oxycodone.

Addie's owner told police she had gotten into the legally prescribed medication.